Properties of matter
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Exhibition chemistryProperties of alloys: finding the NaK
Why is NaK a liquid? Declan Fleming finds out
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OpinionThe education of Harry Kroto
Kristy Turner reflects on Sir Harry Kroto's relationship with education
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NewsPolymer takes the heat out of batteries
Polymer electrode coating may help prevent lithium battery fires
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NewsBoron nitride composites stronger than their carbon cousins
Binding strengths of polymer–boron nitride nanotubes are higher than those reported for carbon nanotubes
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Magnificent moleculesZirconium tungstate
Neil Withers investigates a compound with some unusual and unexpected behaviour
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FeatureIs relativity creating cracks in the periodic table?
Mike Follows shows how relativity has affected gold and mercury, and asks if it will affect elements yet to be discovered
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NewsTrapped nanoparticles for 'wet' computing
Information stored and retrieved in colloidal particles
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NewsElusive fermion found at long last
Experimental observation of Weyl fermions in a tantalum arsenide crystal ends search after 86 years